Boeing strike: bosses bruised, blindsided and on brink of crisis
Boeing strike: bosses bruised, blindsided and on brink of crisis
Boeing bosses are staring down the barrel.
The twists and turns of the past week paint a picture of managers badly wrong-footed by the depth of fury among workers who tossed out a 25% pay rise deal and launched strike action.
"They probably didn't think that we had enough people for the strike," Kushal Varma, a Boeing mechanic, told Reuters. "But this is a movement of people who are willing to put their livelihoods on the line to get what's fair."
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Does anyone have concrete info on the offer and why it was rejected? Reading between the lines, it sounds like some of the issues were:
- 24% is a lot, but doesn't bring them back to where they were 16 years ago when their last general wage deal happened
- Contract reduces or removes performance incentives, which might reduce take-home pay overall
- Some employees are mad that their pension was taken away a decade ago
- They don't trust Boeing to keep it's promise about building the next commercial jet in the region
Anything else?
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The 25% raise is actually a 13% raise then 4% more each year. This barely keeps up with the rate of inflation and isn't a real raise. They are also trying to increase the rate at which they cap out their pay.
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They are trying to fight the mandatory overtime which is understandable.
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Yes the pension they definitely want their pensions back.
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This is all about job security. They don't want Boeing to make a plant somewhere else where it'll be cheaper to pay the employees and such.
Reminder for every American reading #1:
If you are not making 30% more than you made in 2020 you got a paycut.
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